Outfit: What I didn’t wear

I was wearing this today, but decided to change; I felt too “dressed up” for doing basically nothing today. Anyway, I always feel overdressed for Austin – de rigueur here for most women for outings of any kind are nike shorts & workout tanks. Not that I mind feeling overdressed particularly, I do like to stand out, but it gets tiring after a while. Only when I’m out with friends or fellow-bloggers do I feel “normal,” or even UNDERdressed when I’m with Sydney 😉 I love to see nicely dressed & styled women; all the super-casual & workout-wear EVERYWHERE is starting to wear on me.

I also didn’t feel comfortable in a short dress today (insecurity rearing it’s ugly head) so I changed into this:

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Comments

You crack me up! You look fabulous, as always and I LOVE the first outfit. You can rarely be too dressed up! It was wonderful to see you and I hope we can have lunch when I get back. Pretty please?Sydney´s last blog post ..Pink Shorts two Ways

I’m with Sydney! I think you look fab in the first outfit. I was going to comment on how great it looks on you (you know how envious I am of your waist!) and how tiny your feet look in those shoes, then I saw the “I don’t feel comfortable in this” comment, and I didn’t want you to feel guilty for looking so great. Alas…So pretend I didn’t just comment. I love the outfit below, too. In the heat, I’d go for shorter! (and I guess I feel like I dress about right for our community most of the time–Now we’re in a beach community, so everyone is on vacation in shorts and rash guards! In Rochester, home of Mayo Clinic, everyone was in business attire and that was NOT me!!)

I get it–I’m the same way about the back of my arms. I have eczema and so when I get a flare-up (which happens OFTEN in hot, steamy weather), I itch, it gets gross looking…you get the picture. But when it’s hot, I’ll often just say, “To heck with it, I’m wearing a tank!” At least around the house!!

Thank you 🙂 I love the LD tuttle shoes!!! I had been wanting a pair forever so I’m glad I was able to get such a good deal on these. I got a 38 – my American size is 8 – and they fit perfectly. Maybe they were a teeny bit snug the first few minutes of wearing them, but they loosened up quite well. They’re very comfortable – I didn’t have any issues wearing them shopping for a couple hours.

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